Pro-Tibet demonstrators tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia on Monday. In a globally televised ceremony to mark the start of a five-month torch relay, the ...

AUDRA ANG Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou raises the cauldron to light the torch during a ceremony in front of Hera Temple, home to the Olympics in Ancient Greece. Playing the role of a high priestess, ...

Pro-Tibet demonstrators tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia on Monday. In a globally televised ceremony to mark the start of a five-month torch relay, the ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - Organizers of the Beijing 2008 Olympics torch lighting ceremony staged a dress rehearsal on Sunday, lighting the torch from a back-up flame as concerns over ...

Just before the torch-lighting ceremony inside the archaeological site that played host to the Olympics in ancient Greece, three demonstrators managed to break a tight police cordon. One of them, ...

Portraying the "High Priestess" of ancient Greece, actress Maria Nafpliotou lights the flame by a reflection of sunlight on a parabolic mirror before sending it on. But the Olympic Torch relay hasn't ...

(ATR) Perfect weather Wednesday for the last rehearsal of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame-lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia. High priestess Maria Nafpliotou took just over ...